Wole Talabi suggests a Ministry of the Internet, a global entity whose job is to maintain the internet as a tool for education and connection, not for profit.
That fundamental rethinking, I think has to happen, in which case, my personal thoughts on it is that you almost need to set up a ministry of the internet, a kind of global entity whose job is to maintain the internet as a tool for education and connection, not for profit. And that ministry could be made up of individuals from all over the world, from different companies that have vested interests, internet service providers, service providers on the internet, everyone. Some kind of consortium that will naturally negotiate for what the internet should be doing. So, there will be some aspect of ad generation and engagement. There will be some aspect of education. But there will also be some aspect of connecting people, some aspect of breaking people out of their usual echo chambers. All of that will naturally come out, the more people you have trying to make that negotiation. But right now, all we have is a bunch of CEOs trying to generate profit through engagement.
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